Collapsible and expansible shelving



Nov. 3, 1953 P. GARRICK 2,657,810

COLLAPSIBLE AND EXPANSIBLE SHELVING Filed May 8, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Philip Garrick INVENTOR.

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Nov. 3, 1953 P. GARRICK J 2,657,810

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Patented Nov. 3, 1953 H v e 2,6573%" coLLA- Psrntiihun ExPAnsI-niiii 's'iiiitvise "arrichllfianii, V g I I I v Aiiimeatien May 8, 1950', seriamesismii testes. (oiled-Qt This invention relates generally toarticlej. sup- Figure 2 isanother' perspective view,- the lower petting means and more particularly toacomshelvesbeiiig, collapsed upwardly; bination clothes rack and shelf assembly for use Figured-3., is a .lvertical longitudinal sectional in closets. 4 i view of the structureishown in Figurenl with wall A-primary objectof'tliisinvention isto provide 5 structure" diagrammatically indicated to show an article supporting means whichlisleasil-yusehow. the device; is mounted, thereon;

curable to opposing walls; as in a clothes, closet, Figure 4, is a vertical transverse-sectional view the device being constructed so that, the clothes takengonthe line 4+4.inliigureB; v rod portions Land shelves are telescopically, ar- Figure 5 ,isqa vertica-Ltransverseefragmentary ranged so thatth'e length ei the ,device can be 10, sectional view taken on the line s=-s in Figure changedto'fit various sized closets. 3;- and, i, Antlier object of this invention is; toprovide Figure 76 isa.-fragmentary; verticalsectional article supporting means having shelves which view takenon. thelindfiefi. Figunefih are collapsible upwardly to occupy veryylittle isi-milarcharacters of reference..designatesimispd Whenndtiisefdm and also capable of being lar, or identical. elementsgandportions; throughout adjusted to difierent heights, after the device is the specification and throughout the different iii'staiied 'cn tiie wtiuseithe closet, the spacing ,views in the drawin :Q between the shelves; being adjustable as desired. Refer n nowstoithe rawi i s i ,.,deta .ii' i Still another object of this invention is to i nvent nis;.ad n edtobeu ed;with il-env ronprovide article supporting ans in whieii cermeut. ord na i y inc ud n a-ra of oppos tain o'f thesh'elvesthereinfcaribe tilted intwo wallswlg as; inapcloset irr ;a,; .dwelling.-

pair of directionsilelative' 'to' th'e hd'r n ese wa i t achme tap ates.l2 re. ro id e i tape tnresw mthrou h which. re inse te attachment means such as lag screws !6; whereby t e la s i 12: areri dlx e e to e..-.wa1l$ Ill in opposing relation and at a reasenableheight relative to; certain 'fixed s wr ierebytrie tilted shelve a'dap'tedfto-supportand retai entt shapes" and sizes, and s j" ,j 1 anti tli'e' lil ie can 'beprevented from sliding Still another object of this invention is to provide a device of the. character mentioned above which is collapsible to a considerably reduced size for iiiirposes of shipping and storage while not in t ,,ar, i e Still another object of this invention is to portions 8 0f t p e i i ah i s l provide article supporting means in which cylinresent an embodiment of this invention in which drical structure adapted to receive ordinary tWO other Clothes rods of exactly Similar p coat hangers is provided, in addition to the shelf are p ovided and secured to and between th structure, so that the device is of more general plates l2 behind the clothes rod which has been utility described as mounted upon the forwardly ex- A last object to be mentioned specifically is to 40 tending Portions e rearwardly posed provide a device of the character mentioned clothes rods y be used to support articles which is relatively inexpensive and practicable of no great height, and each of the clothes rods it r e n t nssif t solo es re, -ordinarilyinto manufacture, which is simple, safe and conmentioned Would Ordinarily b used with coat venient to use, and which will give generally ers such as indicated at 24.

emcient and dumme Service vA top shelf is comprised of two telescoping With these objects definitely in view, this inpanels 26 and 28, the panel 26 a in downwardly vention resides in certain novel features of conand q y returned flange P rtions 30. The

struction, combination and arrangement of eleflange Portlons are disposed on e tuments and portions as will be hereinafter dedmal edges of the panel 25 and ple downscribed in detail in the specification, particularly Wardly turned flanges 32 are similarly po ed pointed out in the appended claims, and illusthe panel 28 and Slide Within the flange D01- tmtedm the accompanying drawings which f m tions 30. This construction allows the telea material part of this application, and in whi h; scopic action of the shelf structure while rein- Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of the assemforcing the P e against bending under the bled device; weight of articles placed thereon.

A second shelf, comprised of similar panels 34 and 86, is provided beneath the above mentioned shelf, the second shelf being of the width of the lower portion of the wall-attachment plates 12, while the top shelf is the full width of these plates and the forwardly extending portions 18. It will be seen that the top shelf acts as a dust guard for clothes hung upon the clothes rods mentioned above, as well as comprising a shelf upon which articles may be placed.

Opposing pairs of links generally indicated at 38 are used to support what will be referred to herein as the lower shelves, and each link 38 includes a pair of sections 40 terminally pivoted to each other, the uppermost sections being pivoted to the lower edge portions of the attachment plates l2. The pivotal attachment may be of any suitable character and is indicated at 42. In order that the lower shelves may be held in upwardly collapsed positions as indicated in Figure 2, or in intermediate positions between those positions indicated in Figure 1 and Figure 2, the hinged connections 44 each include a threaded axis bolt and wing nut indicated at 44, so that locking of the hinge connections can be accomplished at the desire of the user. It should be carefully noted here that the lower shelves may be inclined at an angle to both the longitudinal and transverse axes of the top shelves.

Each of the lower shelves include a pair of telescoping panels 46 and 48. The flanges 58 and 52 provided on the panels 46 and 48 are similar to the flanges 38 and 32 already described. Reinforcement of the panels 34 and 36 and the panels 46 and 48 is accomplished by downwardly turned end flanges 54.

The operation of this invention will be clearly understood from a consideration of the foregoing description of the mechanical details thereof, taken in connection with the above recited objects and the drawings. It will be clear that all the objects recited are amply achieved by this invention. Further description would appear unnecessary.

Having described the claimed as new is:

l. A collapsible clothes rack comprising opposed wall attachment plates, a horizontally extending telescoping shelf terminally secured to said plates and extending therebetween, a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontally extending telescoping shelves beneath said first-named shelf, the uppermost of said vertically spaced invention, what is 4 shelves being terminally secured to said wall attachment plates, and pairs of articulated links terminally pivoted to adjacent shelves of said vertically spaced shelves.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein each pair of articulated links include overlapping ends, threaded means pivotally interconnecting said overlapped ends, and a closure nut on said threaded means for retaining said links and said shelves in adjusted spaced positions relative to each other.

3. The combination of claim 1 wherein said first-named shelf is wider than said vertically spaced shelves to serve as a dust guard.

4. The combination of claim 1 and a telescoping rod terminally secured to and extending between said wall attachment plates and spaced from said first-named shelf.

5. A collapsible clothes rack comprising 0pposed wall attachment plates, a horizontally extending upper shelf extending between said attachment plates and having end portions thereof rigidly secured thereto adjacent the upper edges of said attachment plates, a lower shelf extending between the lower portions of said attachment plates and having end portions rigidly secured thereto, said attachment plates and said upper and lower shelves forming a rigid telescoping frame, a plurality of vertically spaced, horizontally extending telescoping shelves suspended beneath said lower shelf, and pairs of articulated links terminally pivoted to adjacent shelves of said vertically spaced shelves and to said lower shelf.

PHILIP GARRICK.

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